QMindMap Lite vs MindThread
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
QMindMap Lite
This app helps organize thoughts and tasks visually. It offers intuitive tools for creating nodes, connecting ideas, and arranging them in various modes for enhanced productivity and creativity.
- Create nodes with one click
- Cross-connect nodes
- Drag and drop functionality
- Add images or icons to nodes
- Branch and freehand modes
- iCloud support
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QMindMap Lite is the perfect tool for all thinking tasks, with using an intuitive ways and lots of visual stimulation. You’ll become more productive, creative and organized about all your tasks with Free QMindMap. Main Features • Create new nodes with one click • Create cross connections between nodes • Drag and drop to move nodes • Add images or icons to tag the node • Branch mode to show the nodes clearly • Freehand mode to show everything you can image • iCloud supported
MindThread
Organize your thoughts and ideas visually with a user-friendly mind mapping tool. Create, style, and share your mind maps seamlessly across devices. Supports automatic and manual layouts for flexible idea visualization.
- Mind map editing with nodes and connections
- Customizable styles and themes
- Automatic and manual layout options
- iCloud synchronization across devices
- Export to PDF, image, OPML, and Markdown
- Wireless printing via AirPrint
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MindThread is an easy-to-use app for organizing ideas and capturing thoughts. FEATURES: Mind Map Editing • Quickly add nodes(branches) and connections to visualize your ideas. • Use the intuitive inspector to set rich styles of mind map elements • Supports both automatic layout and manual layout. • Fold/Unfold nodes to organize ideas more clearly. • Beautiful built-in themes, each with a variety of color schemes. • Live preview of all changes, with appropriate canvas animations. iCloud • Turn on iCloud so your documents are automatically available on your Mac, iPad and iPhone. • MindThread automatically saves your documents as you make changes. Sharing • Easily share your document via AirDrop, Mail, Messages or other actions. • Export your document to PDF, image, OPML and Markdown files. • Print wirelessly with AirPrint. SUPPORT: If you have any feedback or questions, we’d love to hear from you! You can reach us by email at mt-support@bithulu.com
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Verdict
QMindMap Lite and MindThread both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 83% of MindThread's written reviews are positive against 0% of QMindMap Lite's. MindThread also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 38 months) and ratings volume (10 vs 1). QMindMap Lite's advantage is iOS requirement (6.0 vs 16). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for QMindMap Lite against 5.0 for MindThread. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MindThread has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of QMindMap Lite's written reviews are positive against 83% of MindThread's.
QMindMap Lite ships an update every 38 months, MindThread every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | QMindMap Lite | MindThread |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 38 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 16 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 亚萍 任 | 正兵 吴 |
Customer experience
QMindMap Lite
MindThread
In-app purchases
QMindMap Lite
No in-app purchases
MindThread
No in-app purchases
